Mike Fuller wins 10-ball tourney!!

[ShootingRazbone]

How Shannon runs his tour is it's completely up to his discretion whether a player is to good to play. Which usually doesn't come under any scrutiny since well... he knows just about anyone who holds a cue to this point. Actually my original post about this is rather a question. At what point does a player reach pro status in todays times...? With all the open tours going around and so many different open events... when does a player lose his amateur status? It's a valid question really.

Thoughts?

 

[fasteddienc]

How Shannon runs his tour is it's completely up to his discretion whether a player is to good to play. Which usually doesn't come under any scrutiny since well... he knows just about anyone who holds a cue to this point. Actually my original post about this is rather a question. At what point does a player reach pro status in todays times...? With all the open tours going around and so many different open events... when does a player lose his amateur status? It's a valid question really.

Thoughts?

It is a valid question, but unfortunately it will never be answered until pool is united and a solid men's pro tour is created. All tours play by there own rules and in many cases the open tours are a dying breed. So many tours have went to amateur to create bigger fields and therefore great players have no place to play.

Shannon likes to include as many players as possible in his format and I don't feel Mike is running away with his events. Giving up alternate break and an additional spotting of 2 or 4 games is like being double hanicapped. Hard to make up the game spot when you can't put multiple racks together.

Sadly, reaching pro status today means having nothing to look forward to but Seminole events, the Derby, and the Open and maybe an occasional open event depending on where you live. Such is the state of pool in America today and the future doesn't look much brighter.